Time trials

Held every Thursday at 5:30 pm. From the Running club. 2k, 4k, 6k, 8k out and back route on tar. Times are recorded.
The Route alternates every week, but both routes have hills. Attendance is a good way to stay in touch with club events,
also find out about local races and form lift clubs to races.

Saturday runs

Every Saturday when there is no Race in our area. 5:30am start in Summer, 7:00am during Winter. Distances vary from 10Ks
to 35ks. These are LSD runs on tar and forest trails. Longer distances build up towards Comrades at end of May. Attendance
is a good way to meet and find training partners also there is so much running knowledge to be gleaned from experienced
runners.

Social events

Walk/Run from Spur every Monday 5:30pm, social in Spur after.

New year champagne run 1st Jan
Comrades breakfast late May
Comrades Aches 'n pains party late June
Noon to Moon team cycle November
Club AGM late November
Pub Rrun Dec

Club History

Legogote Villagers was started in 1984. At the time the nearest club was in Nelspruit. Mike Harty, Tim Attwell the Methodist
minister, and Okkie Rottcher got together and formed the nucleus of a club specifically for White River. Okkie was not
even a regular runner at that time. Mike Harty did all the initial spadework in the beginning. Tim Attwell was the first
Chairman.

The new club grew very quickly, obviously filling a need in the area and also attracting runners from the Nelspruit club
who were resident in White River. This caused a bit of friction between the two clubs initially. Even today runners
switch alliances between the two clubs frequently as the two towns are only 20 kilometres apart and many people live
in one town and work in the other. They join the club that is more convenient for them.

Legogote Villagers first organised Race was the 1984 Pine Lake Sun 21K. In the early years there were far fewer races
in this area and the Pine Lake race became very popular, attracting up to 500 entrants from all over the lowveld and
as far as Johannesburg. The area is scenic today still, and some runners bought Time Share at the Pine Lake resort just
to be able to run every year.

The first time trials were started at a Sports Shop owned by a member, close to where Midco is today.

The Club Today

The present Clubhouse at the Rugby Club was built in 1995. It had been a dream of Okkie Rottcher and he motivated and
brought it to realisation while he was chairman. Many club members contributed funds by buying a brick for R250. Okkie
himself supervised sub-contractors and volunteers to complete to project. The club is known for well organised races.
A major factor is the support hardware, tables, signs, support poles for banners, cash boxes, pen holders, all made
by Jurgen Halbich, race organiser for many years and past Chairman. Another unique feature of our race organisation
is the colour coded entry slips we use, making it easy for the Officials to identify all the categories and the lady
runners. This innovation was first used in 1997 by André Vianello, our current chairman.

Over the years many famous athletes have travelled to the Lowveld to take part in our races. Some by special invitation.
The names include Sonja Laxton, Wally Hayward, Jackie Mekler, Allan Robb, Arnold Geerts, Bruce Fordyce, Nic Bester,
and many more. Jackie Mekler officiated at the new clubhouse opening ceremony as well.

Routes

There will be two starts – 05h30* and 06h00. Drinks stations every 5 km.* Please use the early start if you are a 4-30 marathoner or slower. Anyone not at the 15 km mark by 07h45 will be asked to turn around.

Awards

T-shirts to all pre-entries who enter at least 3 out of 4 days by the 15th March.

Sudwala Caves The Race of the Screaming Monster

Date:

25 April 2018

Contact:

Mike Suumerfield - Cell: 081 355 3026

Entries:

Enter On-line

Summary

Start at Sudwala Lodge 25.3699ºS 30.6998ºE

First 120 Pre-entries for the 21km race receive T-shirts.

Entry Fees

21.1Km - Pre-entries only - R100 -00

10km - R60-00.

Eco Fun Run approx. 4.6k - 30

Routes

The 21k involves a climb to the top of the pass and into the Sudwala Caves. It is mountain goat heaven. Just when you think you must be at the top, you go even further up, and when you run out of road, there’s still a little bit more steep climbing up to the cave itself. An amazing treat waits for you at the top, though, as you get to run inside the Sudwala cave, entering the awe-inspiring space, which is millions of years old, at an altitude of around 200m. Accommodation is available at the finish venue, but hurry, as places run out fast.

The 10k is avery fast flat route, come and test your speed on this scenic route.

Running Calculator

Instructions: Select the distance you have a time for from the drop-down list below,
then enter the time in the format hh:mm:ss (e.g. enter 00:30:00 for 30 minutes),
once all input is valid then 'Calculate' button will be enabled, click it.

Select timed distance:

Enter time [hh:mm:ss]:

5km

8km

10km

15km

21.1km

25km

32km

42.2km

50km

56km

80km

89km

90km

Interpretation: The three lines of data above represent the expected times over the various distances indicated.
The middle line is calculated at the exact time that you input, the top line is 30 seconds quicker, the bottom 30 seconds
slower.
Hovering the mouse over a time will show the pace per km.
On small screens (notepads and phones) you can swipe the page to the left to see the entire table.
PLEASE NOTE You need to have done the correct training for the distance for this table to be of any use. Don't train 40km a week
and expect a 9h32 Comrades just because you can run 8km in 40 minutes.

Email address

Bank Account

Directions

The Club is situated at the White River Rugby Club grounds.

From The Main road through White River coming from Nelspruit side, turn left into Danie Joubert street at traffic lights
at NTT Toyota. Follow The road for approx two Kilometers , passing two sets of traffic lights, to the Rugby grounds on
your right. Look out for the signboards as you approach.

GPS: 25,18'57 S and 31,00'18 E

Directions

The Club is situated at the White River Rugby Club grounds.

From The Main road through White River coming from Nelspruit side, turn left into Danie Joubert street at traffic lights
at NTT Toyota. Follow The road for approx two Kilometers , passing two sets of traffic lights, to the Rugby grounds on
your right. Look out for the signboards as you approach.